Beyond Meat’s stock is still rising, but the ride is getting a bit rough
- Written by MarketWatch
- Published in Economics
Shares of Beyond Meat Inc. rose again Tuesday to extend the rocket ride of the past week, but it wasn’t very smooth sailing for investors.
The plant-based meat company’s stock BYND, +4.79%[1] soared out of the gate Tuesday, gaining as much as 18.2% to touch an intraday high of $135.23 at 9:45 a.m. Eastern. The stock then pulled a sharp U-turn, steep enough to trigger a 5-minute volatility halt starting at 9:56 a.m., and was up just 3.6% at an intraday low of $118.51 around 10:01 a.m.
Since then, the stock has seesawed in a range of up 11.9% to down 0.1% at the current intraday low of $114.28.
It was up 4.8% in afternoon trading at $119.80. Volume was 38.9 million shares, to make the stock the most active on the Nasdaq exchange, and more than six times the full-day average.


The sandwich will feature a Beyond Breakfast Sausage patty, egg and cheese, and will be served on a sliced glazed donut.
Despite the stock’s recent rally, it was still down 5.2% over the past three months, while the S&P 500 index SPX, +0.18%[6] has gained 11.0%. The price chart since the company went public on May 2, 2019 looks similar to Tuesday’s intraday chart....
